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February 13, 2007
Memories and comebacks
While proofing the sports pages for this week's Gazette something really caught my eye.
In our popular weekly sporting memories column I noticed that 50 years ago Hayes Football Club attracted a crowd of 7,000 for an FA Amateur Cup clash with Ferryhill Athletic from Durham.
How times have changed. Today Hayes would be 'over the moon' for a crowd of 700 let alone 7,000 as the club struggles to pull in the punters for their Nationwide Conference South matches - which attract on average around 250-300 fans at Church Road.
There may be millions, or in some cases billions, of pounds being pumped into football at the highest level but at the lower end of the scale it's a weekly struggle for clubs like Hayes who, can only dream of the days when four figure attendances were the norm rather than a one off.
Talking of memories, I was delighted to hear that the Police have reunited and made a comeback. For an 'old British rocker' like me it's great to see the band back on the big performing stage.
There are combacks and there are comebacks but, this is one which I am sure will be of the successful variety and not just another fallen sporting star or rock group trying to relive their golden days badly.
The Police comeback certainly can't be for the money because Sting is believed to have an estimated wealth of £97million - it's just because they still love playing great music.
Anyway, back to the future and this week's Gazette is now finished and all the pages are safely with our pre-press department, which is based in Rickmansworth.
As I said earlier (previous blog Class Act) it's one of the best papers we have produced this year and I fully expect this to be reflected in the sales figures.
PS: Hayes decided against paying the £250 to charter a 36-seater plane to fly them to Durham for the cup replay.
Posted by aseal at February 13, 2007 12:48 PM